Grand Forks-Greenwood

Grand Forks-Greenwood was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the town of Grand Forks, in the Boundary Country between the Okanagan and Kootenay Countries. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a merger of the former ridings of Greenwood and Grand Forks, and lasted until the 1963 election. As of 1966 the area was represented by Boundary-Similkameen. The same area is now part of West Kootenay-Boundary.

For other ridings in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

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Demographics

Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961 sdcsdsd
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.

16th British Columbia election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Provincial Arthur Strickland Clinton 331 19.21%d unknown
     Liberal Ezra Churchill Henniger 642 37.26% unknown
     Conservative John McKie 750 43.53% unknown
Total valid votes 1,723 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Charles Morgan Kingston 888 52.92 % unknown
     Liberal Dougald McPherson 790 47.08% unknown
Total valid votes 1,678 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 33
Turnout %
18th British Columbia election, 1933 15
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.t Robert Lawson 221 12.51% unknown
     Non-Partisan Independent Group Thomas Alfred Love 511 28.94% unknown
     Liberal Dougald McPherson 1,034 58.55% unknown
Total valid votes 1,766 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1
Turnout %
1 Details of returns were not supplied by the Returning Officer, only the total valid votes for each candidate, so the number of rejected ballots is unknown.
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Wilbert Richard Braithwaite 164 9.52% unknown
     Liberal Ezra Churchill Henniger 722 41.93% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Alfred Love 703 40.82% unknown
     BC Constructivist Party Anthony Whitehead 133 7.72% unknown
Total valid votes 1,722 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 29
Turnout %
20th British Columbia election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Alan Conway Clapp 365 22.20% unknown
     Liberal Ezra Churchill Henniger 637 38.75% unknown
     Conservative Thomas Alfred Love 642 39.05% unknown
Total valid votes 1,644 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 4
Turnout %
31st British Columbia election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Labour Progressive Alan Conway Clapp 84 6.19% unknown
     Independent Labour Charles Westley Clark 106 7.81% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Townely Rezeau Lawrence 461 33.95% unknown
     Coalition Thomas Alfred Love 707 52.06% unknown
Total valid votes 1,358 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 27
Turnout %
22nd British Columbia election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Rupert Haggen 922 44.14% unknown
     Coalition Thomas Alfred Love 873 41.79% unknown
     Independent Edwin Stanley Orris 294 14.07% unknown
Total valid votes 2,089 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 23
Turnout %
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Rupert Haggen 826 39.79% 1,043 53.08% unknown
     Conservative Cecil Gordon McMynn 706 34.01% 922 46.92% unknown
     Liberal Edwin Stanley Orris 252 12.14% - - % unknown
     B.C. Social Credit League Henry Edgar Parkyn 292 14.07% - - % unknown
Total valid votes 2,076 100.00% 1,965 - %
Total rejected ballots 58
Turnout %
2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 3
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
% ±%
     Conservative Ruth Ellen May Euerby 177 8.51% - -.- % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Rupert Haggen 995 47.86% 1,016 50.12% unknown
     Social Credit Gordon Clarke McPhail 583 28.05% 618 30.49% unknown
     Liberal Klaus Scheer 324 15.58% 393 19.39% unknown
Total valid votes 2,079 100.00% 2,027 - %
Total rejected ballots 145
Turnout %
3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of two (2) shown only.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit Hilbert Crae Dawson 866 42.04% unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Lois Haggen 877 42.57% unknown
     Liberal John Morris Jones 317 15.39% unknown
Total valid votes 2,060 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 34
Turnout %
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit Joseph Clinton Armstrong 752 28.56 % unknown
     Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Lois Haggen 1,115 42.35% unknown
     Liberal Frank Martin 564 21.42% unknown
     Progressive Conservative Yasushi Sugimoto 202 7.67% unknown
Total valid votes 2,633 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 40
Turnout %
27th British Columbia election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Social Credit Daniel Dominic Geronazzo 705 29.50% unknown
     New Democrat Lois Haggen 919 38.45% unknown
     Liberal Milo Joseph McGarry 766 32.05% unknown
Total valid votes 2,390 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 20
Turnout %

The Boundary area was redistributed following the 1963 election. The new riding representing the area as of the 1966 election was Boundary-Similkameen.

Source

Elections BC Historical Returns